In seven appearances this season, Neris went 1-0 with a 2.53 ERA over 10.2 innings pitched. His only blemish came Sunday at Scranton/Wilkes-Barre, when he was tagged for four runs (three earned) on five hits over 1.2 innings. Neris' other six appearances were all scoreless outings.

Neris was the youngest arm in the bullpen and the only reliever without any major league experience.

The IronPigs bullpen now has three relievers who started the season with the Phillies: Rosenberg, Justin De Fratus, and Brad Lincoln. Three others -- Jeremy Horst, Phillippe Aumont and Cesar Jimenez -- have at least 40 games of major league experience, while Luis Garcia already has one stint this year with the Phillies.

The eighth reliever, Seth Rosin, who lasted 1/3 of an inning Thursday night and gave up five runs, saw his first major league experience when he began this year with the Texas Rangers.

"With an eight-man bullpen ...
it's better that (Neris) goes and gets to pitch on a regular basis (at Reading)," Brundage said. "He's thrown the
ball very well. With eight guys in the bullpen, you're a little bit hamstrung
with what we can and can't do."